This article comes from all the way back in 1996, so we had to march back to our archives, pick out the magazine, and dig out the scanner. To zoom in, hold down the CTRL (or Command on a Mac) key and then hit the “+” key.
Want to read about the coolest cars in amateur motorsports? Get a year …
Ok, that's pretty much the definition of the name for this magazine for many people.
The Year 2004: Sounds like The Future, looks vintage. Somehow looks even more bitchin in black and white.
This guy was building ghettocets before it was cool!
(Well, not as cool as it is now 
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Awesome. Do we know if he is still running it 14 years later?
Not that I am aware of. He was in our club and local region, but do not believe he is active any longer. I can't recall seeing it after 2000 or so.
It was a big, big car, but the workmanship was pretty good. He had a blast with it.
Wonder where it is/what it looks like now
Tyler H said:The Year 2004: Sounds like The Future, looks vintage. Somehow looks even more bitchin in black and white.
That article ran before 2004. I can check when I get home, but I'm guessing it's from 1996 or so. Jerry and his creation showed up at a test and tune that we did at Road Atlanta in conjunction with the ARRC. This is also from a time of film cameras, black-and-white magazine signatures and stuff like that.
racerdave600 said:It was a big, big car, but the workmanship was pretty good. He had a blast with it.
Only big by A-mod standards 
This article is from 1996 as David remembered. I accidentally left the 2004 year in there when using intro text from another article. All fixed now. Sorry for the confusion.
Somewhere I (should) have my story notes from that car. If I remember correctly, his new upper spring perches were formed from diamond plate. The springs are still stock Fiero, though, so the rates were a little off.
Well now, THAT is interesting!
Am I the only one that thinks the height of the rear strut assembly seems astronomically tall? 
Google DF Goblin. Most are drivers for about 20K, street legal and will corner faster than mothers will allow. Built #1600.
Noddaz said:Well now, THAT is interesting!
Glad you like it. We've found a way to get more stuff from the archives (as in, pre-2000) onto the site. Stay tuned for more.
In reply to CLynn85 :
Jerry appears to have a public FB page. He looks about as fierce as ever, but no pics of the Fiero, so dunno?
"At the GRM Test & Tune Day,"
Was that the beginnings of The Challenge?
I am absolutely loving these stories from the archives and that "Fiero" is the most GRM thing that ever GRMed... love it.
MyMiatas said:"At the GRM Test & Tune Day,"
Was that the beginnings of The Challenge?
Test & Tune actually predated the $2000 Challenge.
The basics: invite our readers to bring their car to a test and tune day that happens to feature several industry experts. Have shock questions? Go talk to this expert from this shock company. Tire questions? Well, you’d want to talk to this tire expert.
We had an autocross course and corner-weighting equipment on hand. It’s one of those “My friends meet my other friends” situations. We held a few at Road Atlanta during the ARRC weekend circa 1995.
In reply to CrustyRedXpress :
Love it.
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